Wheel or sulky cultivator.



M NOAKER WHEEL 0R SULKY CULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MARfIO, I9I3.

Patend Feb. 13, 1917.

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MILTON NOAKER, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AKRON CULTIVATOR COMPANY, 0F AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION.

WHEEL OR SULKY CULTIVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Feb. 13, 1917. i

Application led March 10, 1913. Serial No. 753,338.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON NoAKnR, citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wheel or Sulky Cultivators,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in any improvement in wheel or sulky cultivators which are built to employ a single gang frame on each side and constructed Vto make different dispositions of the Vshovel standards thereon according as one or another style of cultivator is wanted, all substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the" claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of awheel or sulky cultivator provided with the improved gangs of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan `view of one of the gang frames, say from teeth or Yshovels arranged in staggered Vrela- V tion say as shown in Fig. 2, while theothers vhadlthe standards arranged in straight diagonal rows. The zig-zag arrangement gave a maximum of clearance between teeth, but under certain conditions 'of soil or work it was desirable to have the teeth arranged as they are on what is 'known as the low wheel straight gang diagonally.` This change in arrangementv of the shovel standards could not be made on anyone of the old framesV or beams and hence a different frame was required in order to make a single frame answer both purposes. The present invention therefore resides fundamentally in the gang frame shown herein as a new article of manufacture and which is in a sense convertible or interchangeable for both gang arrangementsV as may beV preferre To these ends I have devised the said frame with a shape lengthwise which provides at least four different standard supporting portions or seats, two on each side and in different planes as to the line ofV travel and constructed, in this instance, with two suitable bars which are riveted or other- Wise permanently securedj together at their ends so as to make a unitary structure but conneotedby abolt and intervening or spacingV collar at g. v Y

The said bars are bent here' and there to obtain the desired lateral seating space as between standards and by ywhich the widelyk Y alternate zig-zag arrangement ofthe shovel standards seen in Fig. 2 is made possible, as well as thestraight line diagonal arrangement seen in Fig. 3. This latter is the straight gang arrangement above referred to, and the said standard supporting portions comprise the olf-set a in the outer bar 2, the opposite `off-set 5 at the rear endof bar 3 and the two parallel portionsy or spaces c and Z respectively on the ysaid bars near.

their middle.

The off-set b has in addition a bracket Z2 upon which the rear -tooth standard issupported and which is necessary in the present construction in order to get the desired lateral spacing of the said-tooth from the line of travel of those going before in the gang.

Of course the offset b might be made largev enough or extend outward far enough t0 render this bracket unnecessary, but the bracketis preferred. i y

This limits the location'of'the said standard 5 as to position to the bar` but the front standard 6 could vfbe placed farther forward' on thebar-2 if it were desired to afford more room as to either standard 7 or 8 in either of the two different arrangements shown in Figs, 2 and 3 or` such others as might be made. As to this, however, the standards 5 and 6 hold the same position in both the diagrams or plans shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

but thetwo standards 7 and 8 hold different positions in each. Thus, in Fig. 2 the stan dard 8 is moved, forward toits advanced or forward seat on bar 3 while the otherwise opposite or companion standard 7 is moved rearward to its rear seat on bar 2. This arrangement gives the alternate staggered positions hereinbefore referred to with the maximum open space between shovels. In this order the standard 8 is brought in advance of standard 7 and causes standard 7 to work midway between thelines traversed by standards or shovels 6 and 8. By the term standard I would include the tooth or shovel it carries. On the other hand the soil or other conditions may be such as to be met best by a diagonal practically straight line disposition of the teeth, as in Fig. 3. In this ycase the two teeth 7 and 8 aresref versed as to their order successively,` the Now, the gang frame is constructed to.

enable these and other changes to be made and with the same gang both arrangements are practicable and convenient. Suitable yokes, brackets and bolts may be employed to iiX the standards on the bars and the saidV bars are provided with transverse holes h, in this instance, for the securing bolts. The said holes are seen in pairs in the parallel portions of the frame for-standards 7 and 8 and the essential changes to get either combination in Fig. 2 or 3 are made by transferring the standards 7 and 8 to reverse positions as described.

Obviously the gang frames vembody the` basic novelty as the said frames can be placed on any oit' the wheel cultivators now in use and the old standards can be transferred to these frames.

In case the corn or other plant under cultivation has grown quite large the inner shovel standard in each gang can be -re-` moved and thus avoid possible injury to` plant roots. This would leave three shovels on. a side. Other dispositions of thesaid standards also are possible with this con` struction of frame.

Obviously, also, the gang .frame might be variously constructed to get substantially the relations shown of the several shovelsy and be within the terms and the equivalent of the invention as disclosed herein, andthe shovel standards likewise may be of a suitable pattern or style according to the shovel or tooth used and the effect desired on the soil.

It should have been mentioned that the two gangs shown herein are exactly alike in every particular and that they are not rights 1 and lefts as is thejl rule in this class of macording to the showing in Fig. 2 or in Fig.

3 as one or the other may be wanted. In any case thebrackett remains as a permanent portion of the gang.

What I claimis; n 1. As a new article ofmanufacture, a convertible gang frame Vfor wheel cultivators-l consisting of two metallic bars permanentlyunited at both ends and variably spaced apart between their ends, andsaidfframe provided with a relatively narrowed portion at itsrear having parallel sides and each'of said sides having two seats for a single in-V terchangeable cultivator standard on each side and provided further with a single seat at the rear-of said frame and a single seatV on theinside thereof near its middle, whereby a straight or a zig-zag disposition of teeth: can be obtained in a single igang frame.

2. A framel for convertible cultivator gangs as described, havingv an outwardly* extending portion at its rear end yprovided witha bracket and a seat on said bracket seat tothe other in each of said pair ofV seats.y

3. A convertible gang-:forfwheel cultivators y,consisting of a frame having seats for cultivator standards in parallel lines ony opposite sides at its front and rear respectively andtwo pairs of seatsV at opposite sides between lsaid front and rear seats and rela-- tively-"inward,therefromv in parallel lines, the space between the two seats of one of said pairs being greater thanthe space between thetwo seats in the other pair.

4. A gang frame for wheel cultivators constructed of metallic bars bent outward at their rear ends in respect to the remainder of the framefand a bracket on said rear end provided-*with a seat for a cultivator standard, the outer of said bars being straight from said bendto the front endV and bends with rparallel sides, -a seat on saidy in-xner baron its 4inward bent portionand a pair of seats on eacli side of the said paral- In testimony whereof I affix my signature lel contracted portlon of the frame, the n presence of two witnesses. spaces between occupled seats successively being substantially the Same and cultvator MILTON NOAKER standards supported from each of said front Witnesses:

and rear seats and a single standard sup- CLARA MISKIMEN,

ported from each set of middle seats. A. RODGERS.

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